Iowa Code 455B.481 – Waste management policy
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1. The purpose of this part is to promote the proper management of solid, hazardous, and low-level radioactive wastes in Iowa.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 455B.481
- Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455B.101
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Hazardous waste: means the same as defined in section 455B. See Iowa Code 455B.751
- Solid waste: means garbage, refuse, rubbish, and other similar discarded solid or semisolid materials, including but not limited to such materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and domestic activities. See Iowa Code 455B.301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The department, in cooperation with the Iowa waste reduction center for safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances established in section 268.4, shall work with generators of hazardous wastes in the state to develop and implement aggressive waste minimization programs. The department shall provide and promote educational and informational programs, provide confidential, voluntary technical assistance to hazardous waste generators, promote assistance by the Iowa waste reduction center, and promote other voluntary activities by the public and private sectors that support the following pollution prevention hierarchy, in descending order of preference:
a. Source reduction for waste elimination.
b. Reuse.
c. On-site recycling.
d. Off-site recycling.
e. Waste treatment.
f. Combustion with energy recovery.
g. Land disposal.